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| Born | 27 January 1757 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 18 October 1817 (aged 60) Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Portugal |
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| Years of service | 1782-1814 |
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Gomes Freire de Andrade, ComC (27 January 1757, in Vienna – 18 October 1817) was a field marshal and officer of the Portuguese army. Towards the end of his military career, he commanded a Portuguese legion in the French army and participated in the French invasion of Russia. He was executed in 1817 after being accused of leading a conspiracy against the Portuguese government.[1]
- ^ Caso Bello, Álvaro; Paquette, Gabriel (2023), Soriano, Cristina; Echeverri, Marcela (eds.), "Views of the Latin American Independences from the Iberian Peninsula", The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Independence, Cambridge University Press, pp. 213–236, ISBN 978-1-108-49227-0